Today, I experienced both the best and worst customer service of any pharmacy I've ever been to, with this particular CVS being the absolute worst. I speak mainly on the actual pharmacy and not the storefront, as I visited this location to fill a prescription that had been filled at a different CVS location about 4 months prior. Upon walking up to the counter to drop off my prescription, it was immediately clear to me that all of the pharmacists/pharmacy techs felt like they had much better things to do rather than help a customer dropping off a prescription. I was half-greeted by a lady at the drop off, who also thought that she'd go ahead and continue working on something else while speaking to me. Despite the fact that she was running the drop-off register, she eventually decided to pawn off the work to who it seemed was the pharmacist on staff. This would be fine, had she even told me what was going on. Instead she mumbled something under her breath, while at the same time the pharmacist that was given my script apparently was asking me something with her back turned to me from the pick up desk. Since when do people talk to one another with their back turned? At this point, the situation is already becoming the epitome of piss-poor communication and lack of common mannerisms. Heres where it goes from bad to worse. I finally figure out that the pharmacist is muttering something to me, so I walk to the other side. Upon getting there, the pharmacist tells me that the prescription is invalid due to the fact that the "p" in pm was "changed" and not initialed, when in reality the doctor had just written it sloppy. Whats it matter? this part was irrelevant to filling the prescription. Had it been obvious that the script had been embellished, or it was crossed out, or even if the same thing had happened to an important part of the writing such as the dosage, I could have easily understood. But no, there were other motives. At this point, I try and reason with the pharmacist, telling her that I had filled the EXACT same medication 4 months prior at a CVS down the road (which she saw in the computer), however this just wasn't good enough for her and she states "i wont touch that" (her exact words), making it sound like I embellished it and it was MY fault. Now, had I been from a different part of town (which she knew I wasn't, as I showed her ID), or if I had never gotten that medication from CVS before or hadn't done so in a very long time, this would be understandable. However, It seemed that there were other motives; Maybe the fact that it was 9:45pm (they close at 10) on a Friday night. It doesnt matter how the script was written, she was bound to "invalidate" it. I explained numerous times that I needed these medications tonight, however the pharmacist showed no sympathy towards the fact. Instead, she continued to ignorantly repeat the same things over and over again and implying that the prescription was forged or embellished. I presume she had better things to do at home that evening. Finally, as a last ditch effort, I request for her to call my doctor the next morning to confirm and verify that the prescription was indeed legitimate. Her answer? "We don't do that". Im sure this particular CVS doesn't, but every single other pharmacy DOES. Why? Because they CARE about their customers and got in the medical field to help others. She obviously missed the memo on this point.
Overall, the pharmacy experience was by far the WORST customer service experience ever. Not only were they rude, but the pharmacist didn't have enough common sense to put two and two together to see that I was a LEGITIMATE CUSTOMER, which I will not be anymore. I will never shop at CVS again due to this experience. "I wouldn't touch them" if I were you. That is, unless you enjoy talking to people that aren't even facing you or being treated like a criminal.
To end on a good note, I was nicely greeted by the front cashiers while entering and leaving the store, which is why I even rated this CVS a 2-star. Looks like the pharmacist could learn a thing or two from the front cashiers...or ten. read more